Jun 6, 2022
Strong to severe storms developed along the foothills and Palmer Divide in eastern Colorado and moved south-southeast out across the plains. Storms quickly became severe moving off the higher terrain onto the warm and moist plains producing intense rainfall rates, flash flooding, and large damaging hail through the late evening hours.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1040888). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Prowers County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.